Film Noir of the Week: As a result of the good notices she had received for her sexy performance in the 1949 crime film Trapped, by early 1950, fledgling actress...

Champion is usually described as a cautionary tale about the bitter price of success and the perils of ruthless ambition. Rubbish. The character of Midge Kelly is heroic, admirable, and downright glorious. A son of a bitch? Certainly. But I envy him,...

“In the annals of crime of any great city, there is always one case that for sheer savagery will never be forgotten. No professional criminal could ever match its fury, for it is the record of murder without reason, of fear and of terror of a killer...

There's an intimidating number of books written about classic film noir. One of the most underrated is Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir. Arthur Lyons lists only B-movies – skipping over major-studio classics like Double Indemnity,...

Hell is the Choices We Make “You ever wonder what hell is like? Maybe it ain’t the place you think. Fire and brimstone? Devils with horns poking you in the butt with a pitchfork? What’s hell? The time you should’ve walked…but you...

Alice Faye Noir and Brooding Darnell as Femme Fatale The 1945 film noir drama Fallen Angel was seen by Twentieth-Century Fox’s boss Darryl F. Zanuck as an opportunity to show a new Alice Faye as a transformation to dramatic star from her hugely...